Improvement in horse-tethers



G. P. JEWETT. H0rse-Tet-hers.

N10. 215,225. Patented May 13,1879.

ATTORNEY N- PErERs, FuoTa-LlTHoaRAPHER. WASHINGTON. u G.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE P. JEWETT, OF WADLEY, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-TETHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,225, dated May 13, 1879; application filed March 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE PIERCE JEW- ETT, of Wadley, in the county of Jefferson and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Horse-Tethers; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The figure in the drawing is a perspective view of my improved horse-tether, with the ball-and-socket joint partly in section.

This invention has relation to certain improvements in devices for tethering animals; and it consists of improvements in the construction of the same, hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim. v

In the drawing accompanying this invention similar letters of reference indicate like parts of the invention.

A is a post of suitable height pointed at its lower end, a, to allow of its being readily forced into the ground. Its upper end, a, is

bored out a proper depth to receive the pin B, which being slightly tapered is held in place by the Weight of the bar 0. The upper end of the pin B terminates in a ball, I), which works in a circular recess in the cross-bar O, and is secured in place by the plate D, the whole forming a ball-and-socket joint.

The plate D is attached to the bar 0 by the bolts and nuts d d.

The rear end of the bar 0 is a trifle heavier than the end to which the rope or halter E is attached, so that the halter E may be kept out of the way of the animal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The horse-tether consisting of the post A, pointed at its lower end, a, and bored out at a, and the detachable ball-pin B, in combination with the bar 0 and plate D, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. GEO. PIERCE JEWETT.

Witnesses:

ISAAC HERRMAN, H. M. MCOROAN. 

